MarkDaSpark

hokiedevil wrote:November 3 or 4 would probably work for me. Just need a heads up to arrange babysitter etc.

Silly question: Is there a way to "subscribe" to this particular thread and get notifications when there are new comments?

Nope, the forum type Woot uses doesn't have the capability (that we know of!) to do many of the things that other site's forums do.

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And put me on the Maybe list. I might try to make it out there to visit then, if things work out here in SoCal.

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redwinefan

Great to see so much interest! And we'd love to have you MarkDaSpark. Too bad we can't transport your wine locker with you.

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The way these things usually work is that we decide on a wine theme, and everyone brings a bottle based on that theme which we can all taste. Hopefully, we'll get lucky, and wine.woot will send us a few bottles to taste as well.

"You need to invest in a corkscrew. Wine is for drinking." -- Peter Wellington

MarkDaSpark

schaeferr wrote:This would be so fun! My wife and I would be driving over from Houston.

I've only recently "acquired" a stable-enough income to be able to start sampling the wonder and glory that is WW, but it has been a real joy so far.

How do these gatherings usually work?

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MarkDaSpark

redwinefan wrote:Great to see so much interest! And we'd love to have you MarkDaSpark. Too bad we can't transport your wine locker with you.

If you want to get email updates, remember to PM me your email address.

The way these things usually work is that we decide on a wine theme, and everyone brings a bottle based on that theme which we can all taste. Hopefully, we'll get lucky, and wine.woot will send us a few bottles to taste as well.

Will do, and there's always a chance to bring wine!

Also, please check out Listing of WW Gatherings for ideas. We borrowed the "how to" list a WW Gathering from jwhite6114 and the NoVA/DC group.

But check out NoVA/DC # 4 & #6. We had lots of wine and fun.

And we learned from #4 that it is better to put the info into the first post, so everyone knows where to find it. You can see from #4 that jwhite was always updating it, and you had to look at the pages to see what was the latest.

Updating the first post made it so much easier for everyone to keep up.

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nmsoonergirl

I'm SO excited to see this! I don't think we'll make this one (we have to go to Texas over Christmas and again in February and I'm not sure I can get myself excited about a third trip in January), but I'm really hoping it will be a success so that there will be another one in the spring. My husband is always looking for an excuse to visit Austin.

Jopo528

Put me down for a definite maybe +1. I think we can probably swing that. I can have a solid answer in a couple weeks as soon as I talk to him and get travel figured out! Would love to meet new people and maybe see some old friends *cough* Dallas crew *cough*

So, if I have no wine but am going to procure it I would say: I ain't got none y'all but I'm fixin' to. ? ~ Bowtie

redwinefan

Since this is our first gathering, I say we keep the theme pretty wide open. We can get more specific on future meetups.

I'm going to propose these rules:

- Bring something from your collection you really like, or you've really been wanting to try. It doesn't have to be from Woot.
- One bottle per person
- Price $12-$25 range (with reasonable flexibility)

Do these rules sound ok?

"You need to invest in a corkscrew. Wine is for drinking." -- Peter Wellington

pcuccaro

redwinefan wrote:Since this is our first gathering, I say we keep the theme pretty wide open. We can get more specific on future meetups.

I'm going to propose these rules:

- Bring something from your collection you really like, or you've really been wanting to try. It doesn't have to be from Woot.
- One bottle per person
- Price $12-$25 range (with reasonable flexibility)

Do these rules sound ok?

Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

Fill your glass when it is empty, empty it when it is full, never leave it empty, never leave it full.
Italian proverb

MarkDaSpark

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